From Middle Dutch bōren, from Old Dutch *boron, from Proto-Germanic *burōną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-.
boren
| Conjugation of boren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | boren | |||
| past singular | boorde | |||
| past participle | geboord | |||
| infinitive | boren | |||
| gerund | boren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | boor | boorde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | boort, boor2 | boorde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | boort | boorde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | boort | boorde | ||
| 3rd person singular | boort | boorde | ||
| plural | boren | boorden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bore | boorde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | boren | boorden | ||
| imperative sing. | boor | |||
| imperative plur.1 | boort | |||
| participles | borend | geboord | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
boren
From Old Dutch *boron, from Proto-Germanic *burōną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-.
bōren
| Weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | bōren | |
| 3rd sg. past | — | |
| 3rd pl. past | — | |
| Past participle | — | |
| Infinitive | bōren | |
| In genitive | bōrens | |
| In dative | bōrene | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | bōre | — |
| 2nd singular | bōors, bōres | — |
| 3rd singular | bōort, bōret | — |
| 1st plural | bōren | — |
| 2nd plural | bōort, bōret | — |
| 3rd plural | bōren | — |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | bōre | — |
| 2nd singular | bōors, bōres | — |
| 3rd singular | bōre | — |
| 1st plural | bōren | — |
| 2nd plural | bōort, bōret | — |
| 3rd plural | bōren | — |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | bōor, bōre | |
| Plural | bōort, bōret | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | bōrende | — |
boren n or m
boren n or m
boren
From Old Swedish borin, burin, from Old Norse borinn, from Proto-Germanic *buranaz, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, the root of bära (“to carry, bear, lead up to”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
Cognate with English born, and a doublet of buren.
boren (not comparable)
| Inflection of boren | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | boren | — | — |
| Neuter singular | boret | — | — |
| Plural | borna | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | borne | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | borne | — | — |
| All | borna | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||